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lbt-tiled totet T. M. RICHARDSON, OF STOCKTON, MAINE.

Letters PatentNo. 92,101, dated June 29, 1869.

TOBACCO-CUTTER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andmaking part. of the same.

To all 'whom it may concern My invention relates to means for cuttingtobacco,

to vprepare it furthe. pipe; and

1t consists, mainly, in the construction and novel are rangementofdevices by which a smoker may carry his tobacco in a box,'and withoutremoving therefrom cutthe same sufficiently fine for the pipe.

The letter A of the drawings represents a cylinder, open at each end,and having its lowerend corrugated, to form cutting-teeth, as-shown onfig. l. v

Within this cylinder A, and near its bottom, I arrange cutters, markedc'pn the drawings, and which somewhatrepresent the lipsof ail-auger inform and mode of arrangement. v

The letter B representsthe box that holds the tobacco before it is cut,and the letter D the -box that holds the tobacco after it is cut. A

Each ot' these boxes is axed upon the cylinder A,

'in such manner that they are removable :tt/will; or

they may be moved around said cylinder, as may be desirable.

To cut the tobacco, 'I turn the box B round and round upon the teeth andcutter of the cylinder.

Tile tobacco, when thus ent, passes to the box D, and is ready for use.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

' A tobacco cutting apparatus, having cylinder A, cutters c,'and boxes4B and D, constructed, combined, and arranged substantially as specied.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: 'l. M. RICHARDSON.

F. W. FoWLnR, F. Goonnun.

